Upala KBR (DNA; March 27, 2014)

Koffee With Karan is in its fourth season. And there have been a few staples every season but this show has been somewhat different this time. For one, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar came on the show for the first time. Also, the pairs have been more film-related than fun-related — like Farhan and Vidya (Shaadi Ke Side-Effects) Anushka Sharma and Anurag Kashyup (Bombay Velvet) Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor (Gunday) and Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor (Aashiqui 2). What else is different this year? Read on to find out...

Newbies: For the first time two newcomers (well, almost) will be on the couch for the grand finale. Usually the finale episode has a big star cast, like the first episode of the season. Alia has come earlier on the show this season with Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra. For Parineeti, it’s a first. It’s an interesting combination this time for the grand finale of KWK. Parineeti and Alia are competitors. While Alia is Karan Johar’s protege, Parineeti is Aditya Chopra’s find. It will be fun to watch both these young, spunky and talented actresses pitted against each other on the show.

No SRK: It’s confirmed! For the first time ever, Koffee With Karan this year won’t feature Shah Rukh Khan. He is almost the brand ambassador of the show but this season he hasn’t made an appearance. He is busy shooting the climax of his next film Happy New Year.

Every concluding season has had some sort of an awards ceremony. But this year the host has done away with that. Manish Malhotra and Malaika Arora Khan have judged the guests on the show, in the past.